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Originally Posted by browna
Always wonder why extensions are done on trade deadline day.
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Trying to bury the news so it isn't all over TSN all day, being picked apart and debated by experts and not-so experts who are looking to fill.
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
It was a lot of steps, but essentially Ottawa traded Brassard to Vegas. Then Vegas traded Brassard to the Pens with salary retained.
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I wonder if the next CBA (you know, after the next lockout) will prevent this. Something like "player must play at least ten games for a team before he is traded in a deal that includes salary retention", or some such. But maybe no one has a dog in that fight - owners are still paying the same, players are still getting paid the same. It just seems a bit cheesy for Vegas to be paying part of the salary and hit on a player that never so much as practiced with the team, much less suited up for them.